Research within the UCF Department of Biology stretches across all scales of biology, from the microscopic sub-organismal level to macroscopic ecosystem perspective. Our laboratories are committed to training undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists alike. Furthermore, our faculty have formed interdisciplinary relationships with other departments at UCF, as well as with numerous extramural partners, such as the Archbold Biological Station inVenus Florida, and Disney’s Wilderness Preserve. In order to maintain our contemporary research program, the department has received millions of dollars in competitive research awards from state and federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, The National Science Foundation, Florida Fish and Wildlife and The Environmental Protection Agency. Furthermore, faculty and student research has appeared in numerous ISI-indexed journals in areas ranging from Genetics to Applied Conservation.
Undergraduate Research OpportunitiesEcology & Conservation
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Patrick Bohlen
Professor, Director-Landscape and Natural Resources and Arboretum -
Lisa G. Chambers
Associate Professor -
Geoffrey Cook
Assistant Professor -
Will Crampton
Associate Professor -
Llewellyn Ehrhart
Professor Emeritus and Pegasus Professor -
John Fauth
Associate Professor -
Michelle Gaither
Assistant Professor -
Sasha Hararuk
Assistant Professor -
Eric Hoffman
Professor, Associate Chair -
David G. Jenkins
Professor -
Joshua King
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator -
Kristy Lewis
Assistant Professor -
Kate Mansfield
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator -
Chase Mason
Assistant Professor -
Pedro Quintana-Ascencio
Professor -
Anna Savage
Associate Professor -
Barbara Sharanowski
Associate Professor -
I Jack Stout
Professor Emeritus -
Linda Walters
Pegasus Professor -
John Weishampel
Professor and Associate Dean, College of Graduate Studies -
Graham Worthy
Pegasus Professor, Department Chair & Director-National Center for Integrated Coastal Research
Evolution & Genetics
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Charissa de Bekker
Assistant Professor -
Ken Fedorka
Professor -
Michelle Gaither
Assistant Professor -
Eric Hoffman
Professor, Associate Chair -
Chase Mason
Assistant Professor -
Anna Savage
Associate Professor -
Barbara Sharanowski
Associate Professor -
Laurence von Kalm
Interim Associate Dean, Associate Professor